How to split() a delimited string to a List

Question

I had this code:

    String[] lineElements;       
    . . .
    try
    {
        using (StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(\"TestFile.txt\"))
        {
            


        

Answer 1

This will read a csv file and it includes a csv line splitter that handles double quotes and it can read even if excel has it open.

    public List> LoadCsvAsDictionary(string path)
    {
        var result = new List>();

        var fs = new FileStream(path, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.ReadWrite);
        System.IO.StreamReader file = new System.IO.StreamReader(fs);

        string line;

        int n = 0;
        List columns = null;
        while ((line = file.ReadLine()) != null)
        {
            var values = SplitCsv(line);
            if (n == 0)
            {
                columns = values;
            }
            else
            {
                var dict = new Dictionary();
                for (int i = 0; i < columns.Count; i++)
                    if (i < values.Count)
                        dict.Add(columns[i], values[i]);
                result.Add(dict);
            }
            n++;
        }

        file.Close();
        return result;
    }

    private List SplitCsv(string csv)
    {
        var values = new List();

        int last = -1;
        bool inQuotes = false;

        int n = 0;
        while (n < csv.Length)
        {
            switch (csv[n])
            {
                case '"':
                    inQuotes = !inQuotes;
                    break;
                case ',':
                    if (!inQuotes)
                    {
                        values.Add(csv.Substring(last + 1, (n - last)).Trim(' ', ','));
                        last = n;
                    }
                    break;
            }
            n++;
        }

        if (last != csv.Length - 1)
            values.Add(csv.Substring(last + 1).Trim());

        return values;
    }